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Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain (Record no. 6342)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780198713494
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 152.4
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Personal name Trimble, Michael R.
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Title Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 28 Aug 2014
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Extent 240 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have we developed art forms - most powerfully, music - which move us to sadness and tears? This question forms the backdrop to Michael Trimble's discussion of emotional crying, its physiology, and its evolutionary implications. His exploration examines the connections with other distinctively human features: the development of language, self-consciousness, religious practices, and empathy. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the brain have uncovered unique human characteristics; mirror neurones, for example, explain why we unconsciously imitate actions and behaviour. Whereas Nietzsche argued that artistic tragedy was born with the ancient Greeks, Trimble places its origins far earlier. His neurophysiological and evolutionary insights shed fascinating light onto this enigmatic part of our humanity.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular science
9 (RLIN) 378484
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Psychology: emotions
9 (RLIN) 378485
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Psychology 10/07/2016 13 15 152.4 PKLC012863 02/02/2023 27/01/2023 10/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
  Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Psychology 29/04/2016 3 1 152.4 PKLC013225 12/06/2019 12/06/2019 29/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17